Example sentences of "[vb past] about [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd hired a smart car for their visit ; he joked with Mary Rose about driving on the right side of the road . |
| 2 | A fridge I lied about swinging through the trees ! |
| 3 | The EC was romancing when it talked about dealing with the Yugoslav problem . |
| 4 | We all fell about laughing at the idea of a man with virtually no English suddenly coming out with such a word . |
| 5 | We fell about laughing at the jogging carrots , head butting parsnips and other wacky characters as we jumped , climbed and ran about the many levels . |
| 6 | We fell about laughing at the jogging carrots , head butting parsnips and other whacky characters as we jumped , climbed and ran about the many levels . |
| 7 | She thought about moving from the corner . |
| 8 | Well you always thought about going to the Beefeater a bu really I suppose it might be better to go today than tomorrow . |
| 9 | Mrs Clark said : ‘ We thought about standing in the way of these bulldozers but the bees were a better idea . ’ |
| 10 | Apparently innocent of the opportunity which had been presented to them , they met in the Ravenhill Church and talked about what they should do and even hesitated about talking to the journalists waiting outside . |
| 11 | What was it the copper said about going on the Wogan show ? |
| 12 | Little groups stood about talking of the war or Brighton or what they were going to cook for supper . |
| 13 | So she hoovered the floor , made a leisurely and politically correct lasagne , whipped egg whites , chilled good wine , luxuriated in the lion-gold tobacco Dionne had brought her from France , wondered about writing to the manufacturers about distribution in England . |